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Jeff Stevens @jeffreyrstevens.com · 16h

Just in time for spooky season...bird-eating bats in the air! Watch out for falling wings! 😱

Alison Pearce Stevens @alisonpstevens.bsky.social · 17h

🧪 Incredible research reveals how greater noctule bats seek out, capture, and eat songbirds--all on the wing. (Also, my first story for @sciencenews.bsky.social!) 🦇🪶☠️ www.sciencenews.org/article/bats...

Mic’d bats reveal midnight songbird attacks

Sensor data reveal greater noctule bats chasing, catching and chewing on birds during high-altitude, nighttime hunts.

www.sciencenews.org

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The Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation @xercessociety.bsky.social · 17h

Join us for a free 3-day virtual symposium on firefly research & conservation! Each day will include 6 presentations & time for networking. Everyone interested in fireflies is invited! 🪲💡
🗓️Oct 28-30 at 9am PT / 12pm ET
🔗Register for this free event: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

“Virtual Firefly Symposium: Science, Conservation, and Education” A female Florida intertidal firefly perched on a red mangrove leaf at a nature center in Broward County, Florida.

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Ellen Kuwana, MS (#SciComm #StandUpForScience) @ellenkuwana.bsky.social · 17h

Great data visualization. #Journalism #Reporting @sciencewriters.org

Timothy McBride @mcbridetd.bsky.social · 4d

What Americans Die from?

And what the media reports on...

Our World in Data ourworldindata.org/does-the-new...

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Alison Pearce Stevens @alisonpstevens.bsky.social · 17h

🧪 Incredible research reveals how greater noctule bats seek out, capture, and eat songbirds--all on the wing. (Also, my first story for @sciencenews.bsky.social!) 🦇🪶☠️ www.sciencenews.org/article/bats...

Mic’d bats reveal midnight songbird attacks

Sensor data reveal greater noctule bats chasing, catching and chewing on birds during high-altitude, nighttime hunts.

www.sciencenews.org

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Emily Krempholtz 📚 @writersofrohan.bsky.social · 4d

And learn more about @authorsabb.bsky.social, and how you can help fight censorship, here: www.authorsagainstbookbans.com

Authors Against Book Bans

Our Mission Statement We are Authors Against Book Bans. We, a coalition of writers, illustrators, anthology editors and contributors, and other book creators, stand united against the deeply unconstit...

www.authorsagainstbookbans.com

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The Nature Conservancy @nature.org · 4d

Urban trees can lower temps by up to 12°C, but it’s not just about quantity. Species, layout and local climate all play a role in how effective they are. Strategic planting leads to cooler streets, cleaner air and healthier communities, especially in neighborhoods vulnerable to rising temperatures.

Trees are natural ACs for cities, if you plant the right ones

Urban trees are on the rise but researchers are only starting to uncover the best way to cool cities with them

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Shaena Montanari @shaena.bsky.social · 9d

They got me

Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 9d

We are thrilled to announce that our NEW Large Language Model will be released on 11.18.25.

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PEN America @penamerica.bsky.social · 9d

🧵 In 2025, book censorship in the United States is rampant and common. Never before in the life of any living American have so many books been systematically removed from school libraries across the country.

Read our new report "The Normalization of Book Banning" at: pen.org/report/the-n...

Graphic for PEN America report titled 'Banned in the USA: The Normalization of Book Bans'. Features a stack of colorful books in front of a blackboard with '22,810 books banned in U.S. public schools, 2021-2025' written in chalk.

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Malinda Lo @malindalo.bsky.social · 9d

Last night a college student asked me why college students should care about book bans and I told her that book bans are a First Amendment issue: on the same continuum as grad student Rumeyza Ozturk being detained for writing an op-ed in the student paper, and of Jimmy Kimmel being suspended.

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Alison Pearce Stevens @alisonpstevens.bsky.social · 11d

Thanks so much for feature me!

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Nancy Castaldo Books @nancycastaldobooks.bsky.social · 12d

Congrats @alisonpstevens.bsky.social !
@steamteambooks.bsky.social #kidlit

nancycastaldonaturespeak.blogspot.com/2025/09/cong...

Congratulations, Alison Pearce Stevens, on Detective Dogs!

Thank you, Alison, so much for sharing the release of DETECTIVE DOGS with us! Young readers love STEAM books, especially STEAM books about ...

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Susan Kaye Quinn is Writing Solarpunk 🌞🌱 @susankayequinn.bsky.social · 16d

They've lost the 9yos

JA Westenberg
@Daojoan@mastodon.social

My 9 year old and his classmates have started using “that’s AI” to mean “I don’t believe you.”

Me: we’re having dinosaur meat for dinner

Kiddo: that’s AI
Sep 24, 2025, 07:36 AM

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Alison Pearce Stevens @alisonpstevens.bsky.social · 16d

Chapter 3 is all about spotted lanternflies, if that helps. The others focus on saltcedar and zebra mussels.

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Alison Pearce Stevens @alisonpstevens.bsky.social · 16d

Want to protect your kids online? Download CCDH's free Parents Guide to help you navigate social media safely with your kids. counterhate.com/parents-guid...

Parents Guide: How to navigate social media safely with your kids — Center for Countering Digital Hate | CCDH

Parents Guide: A free guide by the Center for Countering Digital Hate with practical advice to help navigate your kids' Internet usage.

counterhate.com

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In Otter News @in-otter-news.bsky.social · 17d

These three are clearly up to shenanigans. I can tell. I know what to look for.

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John Gilbey @johngilbey.bsky.social · 17d

A favourite image of a Norwegian fjord at dusk, with the mountains mirrored in the still waters.

A Norwegian fjord at dusk, with the outline of the mountains reflected in the still waters as a mirror image.

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Vivian Kirkfield @viviankirkfield.bsky.social · 17d

It's a beautiful day to sing Happy Birthday to a brand new book: MY BACKYARD USED TO BE @lynnbaldwinwrites.bsky.social illus by Megan Elizabeth Baratta Tilbury House Press #Giveaway #authorinterview viviankirkfield.com/2025/09/23/b...

Book Birthday: MY BACKYARD USED TO BE Plus GIVEAWAY

Lalalala! I’m getting my voice ready to sing a joyous Happy Book Birthday to MY BACKYARD USED TO BE, written by Lynn Baldwin, illustrated by Megan Elizabeth Baratta and published by Tilbury House P…

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Alison Pearce Stevens @alisonpstevens.bsky.social · 22d

If you're near Lincoln, #Nebraska tomorrow (Friday), come pre-game (a day early) at Francie & Finch Bookshop. We'll have a book signing and sniffer dog demo (with TWO dogs) at 5:30pm! 🐾🐕‍🦺 #LNK #BookLaunch

Alison Pearce Stevens @alisonpstevens.bsky.social · 24d

Welcome to the world, little book! Cover photo by @jeffreyrstevens.com. @holidayhouse.bsky.social @steamteambooks.bsky.social @wd4c.bsky.social #BookBirthday #MG #NF #K-12 #KidLit #Dogs #Conservation #InvasiveSpecies #SnifferDogs #STEMeducation #STEM #STEAM

It's a dog party! Happy Birthday Little book! Six silhouetted dogs celebrate the middle grade book Detective Dogs: How working dogs sniff out invasive species by Alison Pearce Stevens. Published by Holiday House.

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Alison Pearce Stevens @alisonpstevens.bsky.social · 23d

TIL that plant blindness is a thing. Not to be confused with bird blindness. 🦅🦆😆

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Alison Pearce Stevens @alisonpstevens.bsky.social · 24d

Thank you!

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Alison Pearce Stevens @alisonpstevens.bsky.social · 24d

Welcome to the world, little book! Cover photo by @jeffreyrstevens.com. @holidayhouse.bsky.social @steamteambooks.bsky.social @wd4c.bsky.social #BookBirthday #MG #NF #K-12 #KidLit #Dogs #Conservation #InvasiveSpecies #SnifferDogs #STEMeducation #STEM #STEAM

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Alison Pearce Stevens @alisonpstevens.bsky.social · Sep 10

Thrilled to be included in this fabulous lineup of stellar STEM authors!

Maria Marshall @mmarshallauthor.bsky.social · Sep 10

4 fabulous @steamteambooks.bsky.social authors share their stupendous STEM books releasing in September. www.mariacmarshall.com/single-post/... @lesliebarnardbooth.bsky.social @cpearsonauthor.bsky.social @lmperdew.bsky.social @alisonpstevens.bsky.social #interview #kidlit #nonfiction 📚👍

Collage of author photos and their book covers - clockwise from upper left, Leslie Barnard Booth/I Am We; Carrie A Pearson/Watch Them Grow; Laura Perdew/Wacky contraptions; and Alison Pearce Stevens/Detective Dogs.

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Alison Pearce Stevens @alisonpstevens.bsky.social · Sep 5

Today's the last day to pre-order through Barnes and Noble and get 25% off! @barnesandnoble.com #BNPreorder

BARNES & NOBLE Preorder my book from BN.com by Sept 5 and get 25% off with code PREORDER25! Offer exclusive for Rewards and Premium members*

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Gregory Norminton @gregorynorminton.bsky.social · Sep 4

Net Zero: saving our world and saving money. Now there's a win-win - if only voters knew about it.

"New modelling from BloombergNEF suggests investing just 0.7 per cent of GDP in the net zero transition could unlock huge financial savings - and avert a rolling climate crisis."

How reaching net zero could cut global fuel costs by $1tr a year

New modelling from BloombergNEF suggests investing just 0.7 per cent of GDP in the net zero transition could unlock huge financial savings - and avert a rolling climate crisis

www.businessgreen.com

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Alison Pearce Stevens @alisonpstevens.bsky.social · Sep 4

Through tomorrow, you can preorder at Barnes and Noble and get 25% off!

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